Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia formerly included in the electoral districts of Okanagan—Coquihalla (66%), Kelowna—Lake Country (25%) and British Columbia Southern Interior (10%).[2]

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola

British Columbia electoral district
Central_Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola in relation to other British Columbia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Dan Albas Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	104,398
Electors (2019)	94,331
Area (km²)[1]	16,208
Pop. density (per km²)	6.4
Census divisions	Central Okanagan, Okanagan-Similkameen, Thompson-Nicola
Census subdivisions	Kelowna, Logan Lake, Merritt, Okanagan-Similkameen F, Okanagan-Similkameen G, Peachland, Princeton, Summerland, Tsinstikeptum 9, West Kelowna

Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, in October 2015.[3]

Demographics

Ethnic groups in Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola (2016) Source:		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	88,055	82.5%
	Aboriginal	10,840	10.2%
	South Asian	1,665	1.6%
	Chinese	930	0.9%
	Filipino	750	0.7%
	Japanese	615	0.6%
	Black	570	0.5%
	Latin American	475	0.4%
	Southeast Asian	320	0.3%
	Korean	295	0.3%
	West Asian	155	0.1%
	Arab	105	0.1%
	Multiple minorities	225	0.2%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	90	0.1%
Total population		110,293	100%

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Riding created from British Columbia Southern Interior, Kelowna—Lake Country and Okanagan—Coquihalla
42nd	2015–2019		Dan Albas	Conservative
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dan Albas	31,135	47.9	+8.34
	Liberal	Mary Ann Murphy	16,252	25.0	-12.21
	New Democratic	Joan Phillip	10,904	16.8	-2.50
	Green	Robert Mellalieu	5,086	7.8	+3.87
	People's	Allan Duncan	1,345	2.1	-
	Libertarian	Jesse Regier	213	0.3	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,935	100.0
Total rejected ballots			341
Turnout			65,276	69.2
Eligible voters			94,331
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.28
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dan Albas	24,517	39.56	-15.03	$88,485.90
	Liberal	Karley Scott	23,059	37.21	+27.15	$39,195.33
	New Democratic	Angelique Wood	11,961	19.30	-6.75	$56,283.82
	Green	Robert Mellalieu	2,436	3.93	-3.83	$4,769.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,973	100.00		$239,209.56
Total rejected ballots			191	0.31	–
Turnout			62,164	70.96	–
Eligible voters			87,600
	Conservative hold		Swing		-21.09
Source: Elections Canada[6][7][8]

2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,691	54.59
	New Democratic	12,735	26.05
	Liberal	4,917	10.06
	Green	3,795	7.76
	Others	754	1.54

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Final Report – British Columbia
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
6. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, 30 September 2015
7. Official Voting Results - Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola
8. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
9. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections